Greetings again from the Bay Area. Tony, you asked about former guitar purchases, (with bills of sale, etc. I don't have the receipt, but here's my story: As a 13-year old, in 1963, I had become hooked on the great Folk Revival of the time, and I begged my father for an acoustic guitar. What I got was the classic Guitar-Looking Object (GLO). Totally unplayable... That summer, I sent on month- long camping trip with my science teacher and a car full of rising 7th graders that ended up in Mexico (from North Carolina). At a street market in Saltillo, I bought a beautiful little classical guitar for $12.00 that I played for the next few years until I finally acquired a full-sized, quality instrument. I'm still surprised at how early my guitar geekiness set in.
I know Dave personally. There is a school near canton where I went to high-school and he went to an event called carrier day. The principal took a picture of he and I jamming out in the middle of the gymnasium during the carrier day. Absolutely a heap of knowledge and experience.
#SMALL WIN.Hey from Canada. I was playing out on the front porch playing my sweeeet Simon $ Patrick and my neighbor coms over with an upright bass :) He's a good, intuitive musician. We jamed like we'd known each other all our lives
More fuel for the capo fire - I've recently started using a 5 string capo. Placed on the 2nd fret, you get the effect of a dropped D tuning. You can use a second, full capo behind the partial one to move the dropped D up the neck. I use the Shubb C8b, other manufacturers have them as well. Saw a video with Steve Earle where he was talking about using one and learning it from Guy Clark. It unlocked a whole new area of guitar exploration for me.
Tony, my current fav guitar is my Preston Thompson Parlor 2. It is so freaken cool, play it daily as it's in my conference room with my other guitars and ukes. I am looking at a PT single 0 now. The people at PT are great as well! Thanks again for another great show, from Cincinnati Ohio.
Greatings from Tadley, UK. Another great show guys! I've been a huge fan of Thalia Capos since purchasing one a few years back, but I absolutely agree about the weight....I've been searching for something for my Art & Lutherie Roadhouse parlour that is a touch lighter so I'm really appreciating the capo tour you're taking us on. Looking foward to celebrating the one year anniversary soon. Keep up the great work - Simon.
Just wanted to give a shout out to Noah....Recently he commented about watching AT on days other than Tuesday. In fact, he said it was perfectly ok. Can't tell you how reliieved I am. It is Thursday, I am sitting here nursing a fine glass of Talisker and enjoying the latest episode. Thanks Noah. Cheers from Broad Top, PA !
#SmallWin; Had the privilege to see Chris Stapleton with special guests Marty Stuart and Brent Cobb at the Spokane Arena AND try out my new Eargasm Earplugs! The earplugs worked beautifully and my purchase supported Guitars for Vets! Thanks for all you do fellas.
Over the years I’ve tried probably 50 picks. Since they stopped killing tortoises I’ve settled on a Blue Chip TAD 55 for flat picking and Both John Pearse and Fred Kelly thumb picks.
Another great show guys! I recently bought a V-Picks Traditional Lite and absolutely love it. It's fast, accurate and provides a great tone. It's my new go to pick.
#small win... Playing my first paying gig in over 20 years this evening. Backing up a praise artist at a large church in a nearby community. Likely will sing lead on a tune or two. Hope all my old Bose gear works....
Good morning from Chesapeake, VA! Yes, guys, as you mentioned, I’m an #eastcoastguitargeek. Another great show, Noah and Tony! Didn‘t wrap up my watching until this morning as I listened to the podcast on the way to work this morning!
Enjoying (delayed) AT48 with a glass of 10 year old Bird Dog Bourbon. Watching from Dana Point, CA. Thank you for fueling my guitar geek-dome every week. #smallwin waiting for a Giannini classical won at auction to be shipped.
Noah, try the Dalmore 12. Please, If you haven’t, and if you have. Well. You know why I got their logo tattooed after my first glass. Literally. One glass then went straight down to the shop to have it tattooed.
#smallwin From Concord CA - My wife and I spent a week in Monterey CA without our 5 kids, but I brought Grace my Taylor 214e SB DLX. We stayed in this great hotel right on the Bay but I didn't want to bother other guests in the hotel so I went outside and played my guitar with lots of foot traffic. I've only been playing guitar for about a year so this was my first public guitar adventure and it was awesome.
Hi Tony, another Tony here from UK. Your review of the G7th Heritage intrigued me since I have had a 12-string Guild for some time and it has been seriously under played. To ease the tension on the neck it’s tuned down a semi-tone so it’s even lower and essentially too low for my voice. I’ve tried just about every type of capo available. G7ths 12-string looked expensive but if it made my Guild playable for me it would be great. Ordered and received the capo within 2 days and I have to say it does just what it say on the tin. Beautifully engineered, perfect fit and capoed the Guild perfectly with no hint of string buzz or loss of intonation. Thanks for introducing me to this product it’s made my year:)
Hey, cool! Rory Block is showing off a Kalamazoo guitar on her "High Heel Blues" album cover! I have two Kalamazoos (so far), and love them! By the way, Acoustic Guitar magazine listed Rory's "Last Fair Deal" as one of their "45 Albums from the 2000s You Should Hear". Thanks for another good show. /s/ VikingPadre from Cleveland
Cheers bros, from Washington Court House, OH! #SmallWin just yesterday purchased another late 70s Japan made Martin/Sigma to add to my now collection of 2! It is a DR-41, and though it is in dire need of some TLC, I’m confident it will emerge as a great addition to my same era DR-35. ...Guitarsenal entry coming soon! #YouKnowYoureAGuitarGeekWhen you contemplate shipping your guitar to Tony, and having him review it so you can hear him play “last steam engine” on it... because that’s your litmus test on how a guitar sounds from watching hours of acoustic letter reviews. Great show guys, what can I say... I’m hooked! \m/
If you have never played Dave Nichols guitars, I highly recommend you do, I have 2. One of the guitars I had made in 2006, it is basically a D-28 marquis(ADI/EIR) with style 45 snowflake inlay. my second which I received on my birthday is a second herringbone with ADI/Braz . Both are phenomenal .
Due to My Significant Other's eye surgery in Columbia, SC, I wasn't able to catch the show. Bummed out. But her surgery went through very well and she is comfortably resting. NOW to Guitar Geekdom with Acoustic Tuesday. A morning late, but loving it! Thank you for the great show and filling my head with information and entertaining as well! Great job, Guys!
#famjam #smallwin with my daughter playing our favorite Dierks Bentley, Somewhere on a Beach, song! Oh, and a few classic Jimmy Buffett songs to boot! Gonna miss my jam buddy as we driver her back to college next week. :-(
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#Smallwin Since all our stuff, including guitarsenal, is in a container from Australia to the Netherlands for about 10 weeks, I had to get myself a Taylor GS mini. And my wife agreed! Versatile, nimble, excellent sound. What a win! Cheers from Bussum, the Netherlands
#Small win; I just bought my 7 year old grandson his first guitar, after expressing an interest to be like me and play. I bought him a mini yamaha acoustic.
I finally bit the bullet and created a guitar song book from songs I downloaded from ultimate guitar. I created a cover page and my wife had it bound for me into a beautiful book so I don’t have to try to prop my phone while I’m learning a song #smallwin. When my son saw the book he walks up grabs his parlor guitar that he never touches and says “daddy can you teach me a couple of chords”? I taught him A and D and we played “Are you sure Hank done it this way” from my awesome new book #famjam !
#Youknowyou'reaguitargeekwhen you buy a Cologne called Burbon Cedar simply because of the reference to Burbon (Tony's favorite adult beverage) and Cedar due to the wood being a prized tonewood on acoustic guitars. Noah if the company ever brings outa Scotch and Spruce I will buy that as well. I also think it qualifies as a #smallwin because while wearing it to gigs I have received compliments about the nice subtle scent adding to the time with interacting with audience members during breaks. Anyone who performs knows you can work up a sweat just setting up a PA and performing each set. I decided to try it out with great results. Bottom line, if it makes for a more pleasant experience plus helps satisfy my inner guitar geek I am game to try it. Cheers and as always another great episode.#BeardedGuitarBros
Tried to purchase a Brass slide from Elderly Music..The Rich Robinson model you did a demo on. They are no longer able to supply these slides.....Any suggestion? I Really want to get into slide guitar
#ThaliaCapo I have been using my Chrome and Dragon Abalone capo for about 3 weeks. It is beautiful, easy to use when playing, easy to customize for different guitars, does not buzz or "de-tune" my guitar. I have also discovered that the capo can be placed more to the middle of the fret. This gives me a bit more room while fretting. Overall - I love it.
Just a small point about, 'Guitarsenal' pics: If you live alone, as I do, and don't have anyone to take a picture of my various instruments with myself in the photograph; how does one qualify?
I've been behind on this show - catching up. Will someone please tell me about the pick cup? Are they pick donations for Guitars for Vets? Thanks so much!
The pick cup is just a collection of picks from all of the guitar geeks that watch the show :-) Eventually when the cup gets full the pick wall will be created :-)
#you know your a guitar geek when you start to worry your wife is going to discover the stack of guitar tone wood you have been stashing for future guitar builds and your running out of good excuses.
#Youknowyouareaguitargeekwhen you go online shopping for some cheap practice strings (because all these Elixirs threaten family budget) and after few hours, by the time you finally click the "strings" category, you have a few hundred dollars worth of acoustic geek's merchandise in multiple virtual shopping carts on bunch of different websites. And you can't live without any of it. Should've bought these Elixirs. At least the local shop is poorly supplied. Standa from South Bohemia
#smallwin This week I met a guy at my neighbors house. He was buying something from FB Marketplace. He saw the guitar in my buddy's office and that kicked off the conversation. Turns out he was the guy who got Ren Ferguson's first guitar to Musicvilla. Here's there video about it. ua-cam.com/video/GJewem-Epf8/v-deo.html Bob invited us over to see the guitar and we set up a jam session that we had yesterday. Turns out, Bob has been to Tony's camp in Boise a few times as well. When he found out I was in Tony's Acoustic Challenge, he said Tony has the best program out there. So cool to have this random introduction turn into a jam session and a discussion about AC. -Tom, Marco Island, FL
Greetings again from the Bay Area. Tony, you asked about former guitar purchases, (with bills of sale, etc. I don't have the receipt, but here's my story:
As a 13-year old, in 1963, I had become hooked on the great Folk Revival of the time, and I begged my father for an acoustic guitar. What I got was the classic Guitar-Looking Object (GLO). Totally unplayable... That summer, I sent on month- long camping trip with my science teacher and a car full of rising 7th graders that ended up in Mexico (from North Carolina). At a street market in Saltillo, I bought a beautiful little classical guitar for $12.00 that I played for the next few years until I finally acquired a full-sized, quality instrument. I'm still surprised at how early my guitar geekiness set in.
Sorry, that should read, I WENT on a month-long camping trip.
I know Dave personally. There is a school near canton where I went to high-school and he went to an event called carrier day. The principal took a picture of he and I jamming out in the middle of the gymnasium during the carrier day. Absolutely a heap of knowledge and experience.
#SMALL WIN.Hey from Canada. I was playing out on the front porch playing my sweeeet Simon $ Patrick and my neighbor coms over with an upright bass :) He's a good, intuitive musician. We jamed like we'd known each other all our lives
More fuel for the capo fire - I've recently started using a 5 string capo. Placed on the 2nd fret, you get the effect of a dropped D tuning. You can use a second, full capo behind the partial one to move the dropped D up the neck. I use the Shubb C8b, other manufacturers have them as well. Saw a video with Steve Earle where he was talking about using one and learning it from Guy Clark. It unlocked a whole new area of guitar exploration for me.
Tony, my current fav guitar is my Preston Thompson Parlor 2. It is so freaken cool, play it daily as it's in my conference room with my other guitars and ukes. I am looking at a PT single 0 now. The people at PT are great as well!
Thanks again for another great show, from Cincinnati Ohio.
Greatings from Tadley, UK. Another great show guys! I've been a huge fan of Thalia Capos since purchasing one a few years back, but I absolutely agree about the weight....I've been searching for something for my Art & Lutherie Roadhouse parlour that is a touch lighter so I'm really appreciating the capo tour you're taking us on. Looking foward to celebrating the one year anniversary soon. Keep up the great work - Simon.
Just wanted to give a shout out to Noah....Recently he commented about watching AT on days other than Tuesday. In fact, he said it was perfectly ok. Can't tell you how reliieved I am. It is Thursday, I am sitting here nursing a fine glass of Talisker and enjoying the latest episode. Thanks Noah. Cheers from Broad Top, PA !
Guitars and wood! Two of my favorite things. LOVE it.
favorite part of Tuesday night.. kicking back and enjoying AT
#SmallWin; Had the privilege to see Chris Stapleton with special guests Marty Stuart and Brent Cobb at the Spokane Arena AND try out my new Eargasm Earplugs! The earplugs worked beautifully and my purchase supported Guitars for Vets! Thanks for all you do fellas.
Greg, That is awesome!!! What a great lineup and glad to hear that the earplugs worked great!!!
Over the years I’ve tried probably 50 picks. Since they stopped killing tortoises I’ve settled on a Blue Chip TAD 55 for flat picking and Both John Pearse and Fred Kelly thumb picks.
I have 2 Thalia capos! LOVE LOVE LOVE THEM!!!!
Another great show guys! I recently bought a V-Picks Traditional Lite and absolutely love it. It's fast, accurate and provides a great tone. It's my new go to pick.
#small win... Playing my first paying gig in over 20 years this evening. Backing up a praise artist at a large church in a nearby community. Likely will sing lead on a tune or two. Hope all my old Bose gear works....
(Rick S) watching from work, (during lunch so drinking Water) Austin Tx can't wait for Matt to get that album out.
Good morning from Chesapeake, VA! Yes, guys, as you mentioned, I’m an #eastcoastguitargeek. Another great show, Noah and Tony! Didn‘t wrap up my watching until this morning as I listened to the podcast on the way to work this morning!
Great David Nichols lead, Dr_Dave! Very cool and interesting!
Enjoying (delayed) AT48 with a glass of 10 year old Bird Dog Bourbon. Watching from Dana Point, CA. Thank you for fueling my guitar geek-dome every week. #smallwin waiting for a Giannini classical won at auction to be shipped.
Since we're talking capos. Just bought a G7th Nashville style. We'll see how it holds up.
Dave Nichol's inlays are beautiful.
No kiddin'!
#Small Win : As a result of ALF, we had a first jam with Jamie M and Cheryl G at Jamie's house in Butte. Lots of fun and plans to do it again soon!!
Noah, try the Dalmore 12. Please, If you haven’t, and if you have. Well. You know why I got their logo tattooed after my first glass. Literally. One glass then went straight down to the shop to have it tattooed.
#smallwin From Concord CA - My wife and I spent a week in Monterey CA without our 5 kids, but I brought Grace my Taylor 214e SB DLX. We stayed in this great hotel right on the Bay but I didn't want to bother other guests in the hotel so I went outside and played my guitar with lots of foot traffic. I've only been playing guitar for about a year so this was my first public guitar adventure and it was awesome.
Shawn, that is fantastic!!!
Hi Tony, another Tony here from UK. Your review of the G7th Heritage intrigued me since I have had a 12-string Guild for some time and it has been seriously under played. To ease the tension on the neck it’s tuned down a semi-tone so it’s even lower and essentially too low for my voice. I’ve tried just about every type of capo available. G7ths 12-string looked expensive but if it made my Guild playable for me it would be great. Ordered and received the capo within 2 days and I have to say it does just what it say on the tin. Beautifully engineered, perfect fit and capoed the Guild perfectly with no hint of string buzz or loss of intonation. Thanks for introducing me to this product it’s made my year:)
Hey, cool! Rory Block is showing off a Kalamazoo guitar on her "High Heel Blues" album cover! I have two Kalamazoos (so far), and love them! By the way, Acoustic Guitar magazine listed Rory's "Last Fair Deal" as one of their "45 Albums from the 2000s You Should Hear". Thanks for another good show. /s/ VikingPadre from Cleveland
Cheers bros, from Washington Court House, OH!
#SmallWin just yesterday purchased another late 70s Japan made Martin/Sigma to add to my now collection of 2! It is a DR-41, and though it is in dire need of some TLC, I’m confident it will emerge as a great addition to my same era DR-35. ...Guitarsenal entry coming soon!
#YouKnowYoureAGuitarGeekWhen you contemplate shipping your guitar to Tony, and having him review it so you can hear him play “last steam engine” on it... because that’s your litmus test on how a guitar sounds from watching hours of acoustic letter reviews.
Great show guys, what can I say... I’m hooked! \m/
If you have never played Dave Nichols guitars, I highly recommend you do, I have 2. One of the guitars I had made in 2006, it is basically a D-28 marquis(ADI/EIR) with style 45 snowflake inlay. my second which I received on my birthday is a second herringbone with ADI/Braz . Both are phenomenal .
Due to My Significant Other's eye surgery in Columbia, SC, I wasn't able to catch the show. Bummed out. But her surgery went through very well and she is comfortably resting. NOW to Guitar Geekdom with Acoustic Tuesday. A morning late, but loving it! Thank you for the great show and filling my head with information and entertaining as well! Great job, Guys!
Keith, Glad to hear her surgery went well :-) Good vibes and speedy healing to her :-) Thanks for tuning in when you could :-)
#famjam #smallwin with my daughter playing our favorite Dierks Bentley, Somewhere on a Beach, song! Oh, and a few classic Jimmy Buffett songs to boot! Gonna miss my jam buddy as we driver her back to college next week. :-(
Joining in late from Dover, Pa. 8pm! Never watched this late before. Cheers!
I've had a Thalia capo for a couple years. It's great on my Martin HD-28, but it doesn't have enough pressure for a 12 string.
We have some new 12 string capos that should solve the problem for you, with our "Compensated String Pad" :-) www.g7th.com/12-string
There's no choice for dollars, only pounds
If you're on a desktop, look for the little flag in the top right of the screen on the menu bar. Click there to change currency. If you're on a mobile or tablet you need to click the cog on the menu bar :-)
#Smallwin Since all our stuff, including guitarsenal, is in a container from Australia to the Netherlands for about 10 weeks, I had to get myself a Taylor GS mini. And my wife agreed! Versatile, nimble, excellent sound. What a win! Cheers from Bussum, the Netherlands
#Small win; I just bought my 7 year old grandson his first guitar, after expressing an interest to be like me and play. I bought him a mini yamaha acoustic.
I finally bit the bullet and created a guitar song book from songs I downloaded from ultimate guitar. I created a cover page and my wife had it bound for me into a beautiful book so I don’t have to try to prop my phone while I’m learning a song #smallwin. When my son saw the book he walks up grabs his parlor guitar that he never touches and says “daddy can you teach me a couple of chords”? I taught him A and D and we played “Are you sure Hank done it this way” from my awesome new book #famjam !
#Youknowyou'reaguitargeekwhen you buy a Cologne called Burbon Cedar simply because of the reference to Burbon (Tony's favorite adult beverage) and Cedar due to the wood being a prized tonewood on acoustic guitars.
Noah if the company ever brings outa Scotch and Spruce I will buy that as well.
I also think it qualifies as a #smallwin because while wearing it to gigs I have received compliments about the nice subtle scent adding to the time with interacting with audience members during breaks. Anyone who performs knows you can work up a sweat just setting up a PA and performing each set. I decided to try it out with great results. Bottom line, if it makes for a more pleasant experience plus helps satisfy my inner guitar geek I am game to try it.
Cheers and as always another great episode.#BeardedGuitarBros
Tried to purchase a Brass slide from Elderly Music..The Rich Robinson model you did a demo on. They are no longer able to supply these slides.....Any suggestion?
I Really want to get into slide guitar
#ThaliaCapo I have been using my Chrome and Dragon Abalone capo for about 3 weeks. It is beautiful, easy to use when playing, easy to customize for different guitars, does not buzz or "de-tune" my guitar. I have also discovered that the capo can be placed more to the middle of the fret. This gives me a bit more room while fretting. Overall - I love it.
I think they are heavy and it gets in my way sometimes. I don't use it much for those reasons.
I am finally here from Anaheim, Ca
Time to start another bad ass AT Tuesday!
Another great episode 😄
Hello from Max in Sulphur Springs Texas.
hey little late but here from alberta
scotch looks awesome
Just a small point about, 'Guitarsenal' pics: If you live alone, as I do, and don't have anyone to take a picture of my various instruments with myself in the photograph; how does one qualify?
selfie stick
I've been behind on this show - catching up. Will someone please tell me about the pick cup? Are they pick donations for Guitars for Vets? Thanks so much!
The pick cup is just a collection of picks from all of the guitar geeks that watch the show :-) Eventually when the cup gets full the pick wall will be created :-)
You guys drink awfully early! I guess it's five o'clock somewhere!
Been MIA for awhile. Where's Levi?????
#ASKMATT .. he is pretty awesome.. not a question
idk if its my computers speakers or if i just don't like her style, but the timing seemed to contradict her vocals and it was hard to listen to.
Rory Block! Holy molly mamma jamma!
#Small Win - I’ve recently learned the chords to Hotel California and can play along with the you tube video in a presentable manner.
#you know your a guitar geek when you start to worry your wife is going to discover the stack of guitar tone wood you have been stashing for future guitar builds and your running out of good excuses.
Hello
#youknowyouraguitargeek when you wash your hands before and AFTER you eat!
He uses IVORY !!! No way I will get a guitar from him.
He's referring to woolley mammoth ivory. The woolley mammoth has been extinct for a few thousand years. He wont even touch elephant ivory.
#Youknowyouareaguitargeekwhen you go online shopping for some cheap practice strings (because all these Elixirs threaten family budget) and after few hours, by the time you finally click the "strings" category, you have a few hundred dollars worth of acoustic geek's merchandise in multiple virtual shopping carts on bunch of different websites. And you can't live without any of it. Should've bought these Elixirs. At least the local shop is poorly supplied.
Standa from South Bohemia
Third one hehe cheers
4th
First
#smallwin This week I met a guy at my neighbors house. He was buying something from FB Marketplace. He saw the guitar in my buddy's office and that kicked off the conversation. Turns out he was the guy who got Ren Ferguson's first guitar to Musicvilla. Here's there video about it. ua-cam.com/video/GJewem-Epf8/v-deo.html Bob invited us over to see the guitar and we set up a jam session that we had yesterday. Turns out, Bob has been to Tony's camp in Boise a few times as well. When he found out I was in Tony's Acoustic Challenge, he said Tony has the best program out there. So cool to have this random introduction turn into a jam session and a discussion about AC. -Tom, Marco Island, FL